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Age Discrimination And Hiring Of Older Workers
Monday, March 6, 2017 5:19
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from the San Francisco Fed
David Neumark, Ian Burn, and Patrick Button
Population aging and the consequent increased financial burden on the U.S. Social Security system is driving new proposals for program reform. One major reform goal is to create stronger incentives for older individuals to stay in the workforce longer. However, hiring discrimination against older workers creates demand-side barriers that limit the effectiveness of these supply-side reforms. Evidence from a field experiment designed to test for hiring discrimination indicates that age discrimination makes it harder for older individuals, especially women, to get hired into new jobs.
Source: http://econintersect.com/pages/contributors/contributor.php?post=201703060556
